Counter-stool.



PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

I w; G. WINANS.

GOUNTER STOOL; APPLIOA' TION TILED MAB-.23, 1908.

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A TTOHNE Y8 No. 850,453. PATENTED APR. 16; .1907.

W. G. WINANS.

COUNTER STOOL.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB..23, 190s.

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are permanently fastened to the floor and are counter, so it can beshifted therewith, and

WNTTED STATES PATENT @iF'F WESLEY e. wrNANS, or SPOKANE, WASHINGTON,ASSIGNOR, BY DmEor AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, or THREF-EIGHTI-IS T0 FRANK n.CUL- BERTSON, AND ONE-FOURTH TO LEE EISENBERG, or SPOKANE, WASH- INGTON.

COUNTER-STOOL.

it 0. 850,453. Patented April 16, 1907.

Specification of Letters iTjatent.

Application filed March 23,1906. Serial No. 307,611.

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means of the keeper-plate C, secured at C to Be it known that I, WESLEYG. WINANS, a

extend over the upper side of the pedestal A citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of and form a keeper within which the slide BSpokane, in the county of Spokane and State i may move back and forth,as will be underof lVashington, have made certain new and Stood fromFigs. 2, 3, 4, and 6 of the drawings. useful Improvements inCounter-Stools, of i This keeper C is slotted loi'igitudinally in itswhich the following is a specification. upper side at C to receive thestud projection My inventionis an improvement in counteri B on the SlideB, the end walls of the slot C stools, and consists in certain novelcon- 1 forming abutments for engagement by the structions andcombinations of parts, as will stud B to limit the inner and outermovebe hereinafter described and claimed. ments of the slide B in theadjustment there- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of betweenthe positions shown in Figs. 2 and view of my improvement as in use.Fig. 2 is 3 of the drawings. By this means the stool a verticalcrosssection of the counter with may be drawn out to position for use,as shown the stool adjusted to position for use. Fig. 3 in Fig. 2, orpushe'v in out of the way, as is a similar view with the stool pushed into the counter. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal plan view on about line 4d of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of the stooltop.Fig. 6 is a cross-section on about line 6 6 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is adetail perspective View of the stool-carrying slide.

My invention seeks to avoid some of the objections incident to Stools incommon uSesuch, for instance, which are permanently fastened to thefloor, where they cannot be readily removed, and others fastened to thefront of the counters, where the weight of persons sitting on themexerts a severe strain on the counter Sufficient in some instances tocause the counter to tilt over. Other stools movements in bothdirections.

The stud'B is preferably adjustable along the slide B, so the latterandthe stool connected therewith may be stopped in different positions, andthis is preferably effected by providing the slide B with a series ofsockets Z), in which the Stop B may be threaded, as will be understoodfrom Figs. 3 and 7 of the drawings. This. enables the stop B to bereadily removed for adjustment into any desired one of the Sockets 6 andto permit the removal and application of the slide B whenever desired.At its outer end the slide B is connected with the standard D of thestool D, this being preferably effected by providing at B near the outerend of the slide B a spring-actuated, so that when not in use theyvertical sleeve, which embraces the standard will be forced up againstthe front of the D, so the said standard may be slipped into counter.This is undesirable and annoying, and out of engagement with the slide Band because the stools must be held down before so Said standard may beraised, if desired, to sitting down on them and the moment they lift itsfeet d from the floor in adjusting the are released spring back againstthe counter stool in or out, as may be desired. If deand are not inposition when required, maksired, however, a collar D? may be fitted ingthem dangerous and unsafe for use. around the standard D below thesleeve B By my invention I provide a revolving and secured by a screw dto prevent any verstool which can be adjusted as to height, can ticalmovement of the Standard within the be easily removed, and readilyadjusted to sleeve B when the stool is adjusted for use, position foruse or up against the counter out 7 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings. of the way, all of which will be described. The stool has theseat E, which is prefer- In carrying out my invention I provide a V ablypivotally connected with its depending pedestal A, which may be in theform of a shank F, so the stool may be tilted between block and may, ifdesired, be secured to the the positions Shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The

shank F fits and turns within the upper end of the tubular standard Band is provided near its upper end with lateral pivot-studs f and thestop-pins f, and'the seat E is prothis block A is adapted on its upperside to form a guide and support for the stool-carrying slide B. This ispreferably effected by vided with depending lugs E, which are pro- Ivided with vertically-elongated slots E", pivoting on the studs f, andin their lower edges the lugs E have the notches E which receive thestop-pins when the seat is adjusted for use, as shown in Fig. 2. Thelower edges of the lugs 15 are rounded, so that when the seat is raisedto free its notches E from engagement with the stop-pins F the seat maybe tilted to the position shown in Fig. 3 and then may be readily tiltedback to position for use, as shown in Fig. 2, the rounded edges slidingon the stop-pins f and guiding the latter into engagement with thenotches E By this construction it will be noticed the seat when in theposition shown in Fig. 3 may be readily tilted to the position shown inFig. 2, and the stop-pinsj" by engaging in the notches E will securelyhold the seat in the position for use.

By means of the stool-carrying slide 1 am able to use the stool at anydesired distance from the counter and limit the extent to which thestool may be pulled from the counter, thus regulating the width of theaisles and providing for the stools taking up just the amount of spaceallotted to them.

The lugs on the seat cooperating with the pivot-studs and stop-pins onthe shank F form a locking device, so that when the seat is raised tothe proper position for use it may automatically drop into position andbe locked until raised for the purpose of tilting it to the positionshown in Fig' 3 when the stool 1S not 1n. use.

What I claim is 1. The combination substantially as herein described, ofa pedestal, a keeper extending over the upper edge of and secured tosaid pedestal and having a longitudinal slot, a stool-carrying slideoperating at its inner end within said keeper and having a series ofsockets and a stop-pin fitted thereto and operating in the slot of thekeeper, the said slide being provided at its outer end with an uprighttubular portion to receive a standard, a stoolstandard fittingin saidupright tubular portion, the seat provided on its under side withdepending lugs having slotted pivot-openings and the notches in theirlower edges, and the shank having the pivot-studs and stoppins andfitting and turning in the upper'end of the standard, all substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, of a pedestal, a keeper extending over the upperedge of, and secured to, said pedestal, and having a longitudinal slot,a stool-carrying slide operating at its inner end within said keeper andhaving a series of sockets, and a stop-pin fitted thereto and operatingin the slot of-the keeper, the said slide being provided at its outerend with an upright tubular portion to receive a standard, and astool-carrying standard fitted in said tubular portion, substantially asdescribed.

VVESLEY G. WVINANS. Vitnesses F. P. GREENE, H. A. Row.

